Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 & 2

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
November 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dietrich Buxtehude
    • PERFORMER
      Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 21, 2025
    • UPC
      5028421962887
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96288
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Vivace - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    2. Allegro - Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    3. Andante -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    4. Grave - Presto

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    5. Lento - Vivace -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    6. Adagio - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    7. Largo - Arioso

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    8. Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    9. Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    10. Lento - Vivace -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    11. Largo - Presto - Adagio

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    12. Vivace - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    13. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    14. Vivace -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    15. Violino solo - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    16. Largo - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    17. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    18. Grave - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    19. Con discretione - Adagio (- Con discretione) - Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    20. Vivace (- Con discretione) - Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    21. Poco presto - Poco adagio - Presto - Lento

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    22. Allegro - Largo -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    23. Presto - Vivace - Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    24. Poco presto - Lento - Prestissimo

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    25. Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    26. Adgio - Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    27. Grave -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    28. Vivace - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    29. Poco adagio - Presto

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    30. Adagio - Allegro - Largo -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    31. Arietta, Parte I-X -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    32. Largo - Vivace

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    33. Vivace - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    34. Allegro - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    35. Andante -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    36. Grave - Gigue

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    37. Poco adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    38. Allegro - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    39. 3/4 - Vivace

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    40. Allegro -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    41. Violino Solo - Concitato -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    42. Adagio: Viola da gamba solo -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    43. Allegro - Adagio -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    44. 6/4 - Poco presto

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    45. Grave - Vivace -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    46. Adagio - Poco presto - Lento -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    47. Allegro

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    48. Adagio - 4/4 -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    49. Lento - Vivace -

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella

    50. Largo - Allegro

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann, Simone Stella


The key to Buxtehude's trio sonatas, both for performers and for listeners, is an awareness of the stylus fantasticus which German composers of the late 17th and early 18th centuries developed in response to the new freely inventive style of Italian composers such as Claudio Merulo and Girolamo Frescobaldi. 'It is the most free and unrestrained method of composing,' wrote one contemporary theorist. 'It is bound to nothing, neither to any words nor to a melodic subject, instituted to display genius and to teach the hidden design of harmony and the ingenious composition of harmonic phrases and fugues.' The seven sonatas in each of these collections, published in Hamburg in 1696, offer a continuous succession of short movements, up to eight per sonata, which alternate between slow and fast tempi, and improvisatory and contrapuntal textures, dominated by a dazzling array of ostinato variations which embed the melodies in the listener's consciousness. We encounter witty solos, dialogues and conversations, sublime suspensions, jaunty syncopations and occasional excursions into strange and modal harmony. The expressive range is accordingly wide, venturing in Op.1 No.6 into a D minor realm of darkness and desperation. The musicians on this new recording of Buxtehude's trio sonatas are experienced and skilful practitioners of Baroque style, with an impressive catalogue of albums on Brilliant Classics to their credit. Valerio Losito has recorded the violin sonatas of Scarlatti, Telemann and Tessarini, among others, while Simone Stella has made complete surveys of the organ and harpsichord output by Froberger and Pachelbel - 'performed with natural flair, especially with respect to clarifying counterpoint' (Gramophone). Simone Stella introduces these fascinating works, milestones in the history of German-Baroque chamber music, with an extensive booklet essay. This is 'music full of lyrically delicate, sorrowful, and dramatic emotions,' he says, 'as well as melodious, harmonically gratifying, and full of vitality, a world of sound that consecrates him as a unique genius in the Pantheon of Music.' - Dietrich Buxtehude (c. 1637-1707) was a prominent German-Danish composer and organist of the Baroque period, renowned for his influence on later composers such as J.S. Bach and Handel. Best known for his sacred vocal music and virtuosic organ works, Buxtehude also wrote a substantial body of chamber music. - Published in 1694 and 1696 respectively, Buxtehude's Trio Sonatas comprise two sets of seven sonatas each. On this recording they are played with one violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord. These works represent a blend of German counterpoint and Italianate style. The sonatas are notable for their variety of forms, including fugal sections, dance movements, and expressive slow passages, the inventive use of harmony and rhythmic vitality reflecting the lively spirit of the early Baroque. The Op.1 and 2 sonatas are among the earliest significant instrumental works in Northern Germany, and they contributed to the development of the sonata genre. - Played by three foremost representatives of the Italian Historically Informed Performance Practice: Valerio Losito, Bettina Hoffmann (viola da gamba) and Simone Stella. Valerio Losito successfully recorded for Brilliant Classics works by Tessarini, Veracini, Dal Barba, Telemann and Alessandro Scarlatti.